Paul Ford on http://www.onthemedia.org/http://www.onthemedia.org/people/paul-ford/2013-10-18T00:00:00-04:00Healthcare dot UGH
2013-10-18T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/story/healthcare-dot-ugh/<p>Healthcare.gov launched in the beginning of the month to much frustration, as hundreds of thousands of people flocked to buy insurance from the online exchange. Because of technical glitches, the majority of these users were turned away due to website problems. Bob talks to programmer and <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-16/open-source-everything-the-moral-of-the-healthcare-dot-gov-debacle" target="_blank"><em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em> contributor Paul Ford</a> who says while healthcare.gov was <em>open </em>for business at the beginning of the month, it’s failure may be attributed to its <em>closed </em>code.</p>
Thanks For Everything, Bing
2013-06-14T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/jun/14/thanks-everything-bing/<p>Brooke speaks with writer <a href="http://www.ftrain.com/" target="_blank">Paul Ford</a> about the remarkable connection between Bing Crosby, magnetic tape, Nazi technology, and the computer hard drive. Ford's post about Crosby <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/how-bing-crosby-and-the-nazis-helped-to-create-silicon-valley.html" target="_blank">appears</a> on the <em>New Yorker</em> Elements <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/how-bing-crosby-and-the-nazis-helped-to-create-silicon-valley.html">blog</a>. </p>
Facebook versus the Epiphanator
2012-10-26T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/oct/26/facebook-versus-epiphanator/<p>As popular as Facebook is, it has its share of detractors, especially among public intellectuals. Novelist Jonathan Franzen spoke for many when he said that platforms like Facebook are “great allies and enablers of narcissism" and that "to friend a person is merely to include the person in our private hall of flattering mirrors.” Where’s this frustration coming from? Is it fair? Writer Paul Ford talks to Brooke about <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/paul_ford_facebook_and_the_epiphanator_an_end_to_endings.html" target="_blank">an essay he wrote last year</a> that sought to answer that question.</p>
That Little Thing Called "Like"
2012-10-26T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/oct/26/little-thing-called/<p>The Facebook "Like" button has ventured beyond the pages of Facebook. Now, not only can you tell your friends that you "Like" their comments, photos and status updates, you can also tell third-party site how much you "Like" a blog post or news article. Bob explores the meaning of a Facebook "Like."</p>